Grave of the Fireflies was first published in 1967 in the magazine All Yomimono, and together with “American Hijiki” won Akiyuki Nosaka the prestigious Naoki Prize in 1967. The two stories along with four more were published in a collection in 1968. Grave of the Fireflies is probably the closest Nosaka came to writing about … Continue reading A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII